Harry Gorringe
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Full name | Harrison Reginald Gorringe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Carlisle, Western Australia | 7 March 1928||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 June 2017 Cottesloe, Western Australia | (aged 89)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1951/52–1958/59 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 4 January 2016 |
Harrison Reginald Gorringe (7 March 1928 – 25 June 2017[1]) was a first-class cricketer who played for Western Australia from 1951 to 1958.
A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Gorringe was a regular member of the West Australian team for eight seasons. His best performance came in the Sheffield Shield in 1952-53 when he took 3 for 82 and 8 for 56 against Queensland at the WACA in Perth.[2] He began the Queensland second innings by taking four wickets before conceding a run, and later took three wickets in one over.[3]
In a long career at Perth Cricket Club, Gorringe took 550 wickets from 1945 to 1962. He is a member of the Perth CC Team of the Century.
References
[edit]- ^ "Harry Gorringe". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Western Australia v Queensland 1952-53". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Wisden 1954, p. 844.